30th Nov 2012
The America Invents Act (AIA) was signed on 8th September 2011, and the new US first-to-file patent system will come into force on 16th March 2013. Although some of the detailed rules implementing the system have yet to be agreed, the core changes to the US patent system have already been finalised and will affect […]
26th Nov 2012
Several years ago when I was sitting my European Qualifying Examinations I had to deal with a particularly nasty unsearched subject matter objection. There was a certain irony: if I am not allowed to amend based on the description why am I being made to prepare for and sit an examination testing my ability to […]
23rd Nov 2012
Download a PDF Version. Coming into effect in April 2013, the Patent Box legislation establishes a beneficial Corporation Tax Regime for UK companies involved in the development or commercialisation of new products. To optimise the benefits of the Patent Box, companies may need to rethink their IP protection strategies now. What Is The Patent Box? […]
12th Nov 2012
We reported in a previous news item the Court of Appeal’s decision in the long running saga of Apple v Samsung and the United Kingdom Patent County Court’s decision on infringement of Apple’s Community Registered Design. We, amongst most of the IP community thought that this was an end to the matter. This turned out […]
7th Nov 2012
At the European Patent Office, the test for determining whether a claim of a European patent application is entitled to priority from an earlier patent application is set out in the Enlarged Board of Appeal Decision G2/98. For priority to exist, the subject-matter of the claim must be directly and unambiguously derivable by the skilled […]